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My Basil Plant with First DIY LED – October 25

I’ve been tracking the progress of the basil I am growing using my first LED setup in this post. The post started to load slowly so I decided to make a post for every update.

October 25, 2016

Prior to last Thursday (October 20), I had been using basil twice a day from these plants. From Thursday through Monday (October 24), we had been visiting family. I missed smelling and tasting the basil. Here is an image of the plants taken today:

and an image of the roots:

There is definitely growth. The plants are starting to get a bit too close to the LED. I’m raising the lamp up a bit to add distance from the LED to the upper leaves. Most of the plants have longer leaves than what I am used to seeing from the basils I grow outdoors (same variety). One of the plants shows narrower, elongated leaves that curl a bit. I’m wondering if the curling is due to some type of deficiency. I’m just noting this observation for now. The roots look a bit longer.

Hello my friend, I am using Jack’s Hydro that was recommended in the Cornell paper: http://www.greenhouse.cornell.edu/crops/factsheets/hydroponic-recipes.pdf Thank you for the link to the nutrients page. I find the info on it to be useful. I am evolving my knowledge – but plants are poor communicators, and it is highly possible for me to misdiagnose. We will all keep trying!